Our Christian brothers in the West started Lent on Wednesday, but we’re over here just chilling. But then you realize Zacchaeus Sunday is already this Sunday. Meaning there are only four more weeks until Great Lent starts. It’s time to begin making the most out of the non-fasting days you have left. And to start […]

1. When Orthodoxy doesn’t take a vacation 2. When you have to tromp through Sunday morning snow to get to Liturgy 3. And then afterward get that good PLN in 4. When it’s just you and the gang 5. When you’ve got the best backseat driver 6. And when […]

1. Having to get to church early. 2. Being sent into the empty church to fetch something and feeling like that icons are watching you. 3. Teachers expecting you to know all the answers in church school. 4. Your dad’s seminarian friends telling you stories about you as a baby at seminary. […]

Fasting What it usually means: To eat not at all, sparingly, or only particular foods What it means to Orthodox people: Checking the calendar before deciding what to have for lunch Lent What it usually means: Picking something to “give up” before Easter What it means to Orthodox people: PB&J sandwiches for 40 days Chanting […]

1. You stay up until midnight anxiously waiting for registration to open. 2. And when it does, you’re the first to register. 3. Then you’re confirmation email comes, and you’re like… 4. But now it’s time to fundraise! 5. And when you reach your fundraising goal… 6. You suddenly realize Real Break isn’t for […]

1. When your goodnight texts say “sleep with the angels.” 2. When you go to Chipotle for dinner because it’s Lent. 3. When you have the same favorite Psalm. 4. When you have to hide you’re dating because you’re on the same staff at camp. 5. When you pick out baby […]